RE 03-28-95.1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 032895.1
WHEREAS, four of the sixteen counties which comprise the North
Central Texas Council of Governments service area have been designated
as a Non-Attainment Area under the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990; and
WHEREAS, this four-county area consists of Collin, Dallas, Denton,
and Tarrant Counties; and
NH~i~, the remaining twelve counties could pomaibly be brought
into the Non-Attein~ent Area should the four-county area not reach
attaimaent h~ 1996; and
~, one control measure for reaching attainment is known as
centralized vehicle emissions testing; and
Ni~A~, thiB centralized syste~ has been challenged and may be
replaced with a hybrid pro,ram calling for some auto~obiles based on
their age being teste~ at centralized facilities and others at
d~Centralized facilities; and
NI~P~, the science on-which control measures are based is now
being questioned.
NON, ~, BE ZT ~Y RBOL~T~ by the City of Coppell that
it respectfully requests and supports the following:
Section 1. A fair and cost-effective program to ensure a healthy
environment.
Section 2. A COmmitted effort by the appropriate state elected
officials and lembers of the Texas Natural Resource
ConServation Co~mission to secure the most convenient and
cost effective vehicle emissions testing program possible
which grants full credits under the State Implementation
Plan.
Section 3. Federal legislation which extends the Clea~ Air Act
deadline for achieving the air quality standards in the
four-county area from the year 1996 to 1998 so that the Act
can be revisited for the purpose of ~ reviewing its
underlying science to assure that the assumed extent and
causes of the air pollution problems in the North Central
Texas region are as accurate as possible and that the
control measures designed to abate this pollution are cost
effective.
D~LY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas
APPROVED:
ATTEST